One rescued on payment of Tk 1 lakh ransom

Staff Correspondent, Sylhet
Sushil Ranjan Talukder alias Jhantu master, a retired schoolteacher who was kidnapped by a gang of armed robbers from his village home at Bhabanipur in Tahirpur upazila in Sunamganj in the early hours of May 23,

was rescued after 16 days on payment of Tk one lakh ransom.

Harun-ur-Rashid, chairman of Dakhsin Sripur union under Tahirpur upazila mediated his release Saturday night at Panchagaon village bordering Netrakona.

Tahirpur thana police handed him over to his family members Monday afternoon.

Police of three bordering police stations in Sunamganj and Netrakona districts along with BDR personnel failed to rescue him.